As AccuWeather predicted, dangerous swells will continue, with occasional large waves and strong rip currents in the surf zone along the coast.

A 62-year-old swimmer died in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, after being swept away from shore by a current on Saturday, July 7. This was the fifth swimmer fatality along the Outer Banks this summer. Three of the four other fatalities were attributed to rip currents.

About 20 rip current-related rescues have been reported on Wednesday in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, according to Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue.

In Ocean City, Maryland, lifeguards have reported at least 220 rescues on Monday and Tuesday combined, according to WJLA.

Beryl may raise seas and surf once again

In absence of another tropical storm or hurricane, seas would most likely return to normal and relatively safe conditions at the end of this week and remain there this weekend.

However, the state of sea and surf will be dependent on whether or not Beryl regenerates north of the Bahamas and how close to the United States coast that storm then tracks.

If Beryl fails to become a significant storm again, seas will likely return to their normal state for the middle of July, except for some local exceptions due to northeasterly breezes this weekend.

"Beryl will move into a region that may allow redevelopment west of Bermuda during Friday and Saturday," Kottlowski said.

Should Beryl become a strong tropical storm or hurricane once again and travel within a few hundred miles of the U.S., seas and surf may quickly build from south to north this weekend.

Beachgoers are urged to follow all advisories and warnings from lifeguards. It's recommended to swim on beaches only when and where lifeguards are on duty.

"Beryl is not expected to track close enough to the U.S. coast to bring rain and wind of significance," Kottlowski said. "However, it could pass close enough to Bermuda to bring periods of rain, gusty winds and rough surf this weekend."

Twenty-four people were injured after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook Tonghai County in the city of Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province Monday morning, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.